Do You Believe in Miracles

The upset victory by the US men's hockey team against the then Soviet Union to win the gold medal in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y. is a sports legend known as the "Miracle on Ice."

Part of that legend is then ABC sportscaster Al Michaels' famous "Do you believe in miracles" call of the game. A 2004 film was made about that victory, starring Kurt Russell, includes a version of the call.

Locally the suspense of the game, which was played in the afternoon but that was aired on a tape delay that night by ABC, was shattered by a premature announcement of the score with 11 minutes left to play, by then WISN-TV (Channel 12) anchor Vince Gibbens.